With such publications as You Wouldn’t Expect…, the Human Betterment League of N.C. sought to educate the medical community as well as public officials, civic leaders, and members of the general public about North Carolina’s eugenics law. The law allowed for the sterilization of the “mentally ill and defective” with the approval of the State Eugenics Board. Over time the League changed its focus to genetic counseling and family planning. In 1984 the organization changed its name to the Human Genetics League. It folded in 1988.